CBS: Shanahan's lack of judgement leads to RG3 injury

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LANDOVER, Md. -- The brace on the knee of Robert Griffin III was so big it could wrap snuggly around an oak tree. He was gimpy, uncomfortable, and sluggish. He had been quickly transformed from one of the elite weapons in football to a sitting duck. Target practice for a Seattle defense that smelled quarterback blood and took advantage to win its first road playoff game in three decades.

None of that seemed to matter to Redskins coach Mike Shanahan. Due to one of the worst coaching decisions in recent NFL postseason history, Shanahan -- in a horribly stupid, terribly dumb piece of coaching malpractice -- left a helpless Griffin in the game. He didn't stand a chance.

On the second drive, the already tender knee was again injured, the first of several times on the day. "My knee kind of buckled," said Griffin. "Scared me a little bit."

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/...of-judgment-leads-to-rg3s-reinjury-skins-loss
 
At one point his knee almost collapsed while standing in the huddle. Everyone(even RG3 himself) knew he shouldn't be on the field.
 
I think Shanahan had to go with the QB that gave the Redskins the best chance of winning, and that's where he failed IMO. If Cousins had been in the whole game (At least after the first drive where it was clear RG3 was not healthy) and was allowed to get in rhythm and with Alfred Morris in the backfield they had a better chance then leaving a hobbled RG3 with a knee injury and horrible turf conditions.
 
There's a lot of knee jerking going on today. I completely disagree with Michael Shanahan keeping RGIII in the game, but people wanting to fire the best coach the Redskins have had since Joe Gibbs is insanity.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
There's a lot of knee jerking going on today. I completely disagree with Michael Shanahan keeping RGIII in the game, but people wanting to fire the best coach the Redskins have had since Joe Gibbs is insanity.
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Not saying I think he should be fired but he did risk the future of the franchise.
 
Stewart Fan said:
Not saying I think he should be fired but he did risk the future of the franchise.
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Agreed. But at the same time, he's in a damned if you do damned if you don't situation. I love the Redskins but the majority of Redskins fans are dumber than a suitcase of rocks. If he benched RGIII and put Kirk Cousins in, the fans would've burned FedEx Field to the ground.
 
It's looking like a good time for DC fans to Kirk out.

WSLS 10 Roanoke said:
BREAKING: Washington Post is reporting an MRI suggests Redskins QB Robert Griffin III has partially torn ACL and LCL. Griffin is scheduled to be examined Tuesday to determine whether the test results show new or previous injuries.
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Bucky Badger said:
Aren't football allowed to take themselves out of the game?
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Not many athletes are going to take themselves out of a big game. Coaches have the responsibility to protect the health of their players.

Honestly, this is sounding more and more like Snottie wanting RGIII to stay in the game for his own profit.
 
Still sounds like part if not most of the blame falls on the player...He knows when he is too hurt to play.
 
Part of the blame goes on RGIII, but most on the coach. It's not like taking RGIII out would've given away the game (that they lost anyways). Kirk Cousins led Washington to a win against Baltimore so he can definitely get the job done. Everyone's just caught up in the RGIII hype.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
Part of the blame goes on RGIII, but most on the coach. It's not like taking RGIII out would've given away the game (that they lost anyways). Kirk Cousins led Washington to a win against Baltimore so he can definitely get the job done. Everyone's just caught up in the RGIII hype.
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I agree. Just a shame between him, the coach and the doctors nobody could make the decision to take him out. He was obviously hurt and the field conditions were awful. Not worth the risk.
 
Thegroundpounder99 said:
I agree. Just a shame between him, the coach and the doctors nobody could make the decision to take him out. He was obviously hurt and the field conditions were awful. Not worth the risk.
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Remember at all times that we're talking about the Redskins and there's never logic behind what they do. A team owned by Snottie which does stupid things and manages to, every single year, depart a bunch of idiot sports fans from thousands of dollars.
 
One of the things that's being overlooked in all this was that the re-injury was caused by a cheap shot from a Seachicken defender. Brings me up to the point I made about the Saints not being the only team with a bounty program. I bet the guy that delivered the cheap shot on Griffin got paid handsomely by Pete Carroll for it. I also saw a lot of Seattle fans (I live with one) celebrating that cheap shot, knowing what it would result.

It comes down to, people don't like rough football unless it's their team playing dirty then they love it. The game has evolved in a way that the goal of the defense is to take out impact players - people like RGIII. And then when a rule is instituted to protect the players, the people taking the cheap shots whine about it. On one hand, I don't want to see the NFL become the NFFL but the NFL is smart and they know what's going on. Several defensive players have said that, if they can hurt a guy and deliver a season or career ending injury, that's what they're out to do. I mean, the bottom line is, that's how the game is played.

I think a late hit on a QB, an intentional helmet-to-helmet or a late hit on an offensive player should result in the ball automatically being placed on the one yard line with a new set of downs. That's how every other sport does it and, for the most part, it takes the element of wanting to cause serious physical harm to someone else out of the game. And, at the same time, if an offensive player takes a cheap shot on a defensive player, it should result in either a change of possession or a penalty that puts the ball on the one yard line on the offense's side of the field. I mean, a 15 yard penalty is nothing if you're able to take an impact player like RGIII out of the game.

If taking a cheap shot or late hit on a QB or another player results in the other team almost being guaranteed a score, it's going to change how some approach the game and it's going to rid the league of goons like James Harrison and Ndamukong Suh.
 
Boo-hoo-hoo, Washington just got beat, deal with it and get over it
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
Still bitter about the Red Sox I see.
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No it is just the ridiculous assertion that Pete Carroll is paying bounties to his hit squad, with your willingness to bet on it as substance. It is football and the playoffs, defenses are suppose to be nasty and impose their will. Seattle was just better, as Washington was better than my Cowboys the week before
 
Greg said:
No it is just the ridiculous assertion that Pete Carroll is paying bounties to his hit squad, with your willingness to bet on it as substance. It is football and the playoffs, defenses are suppose to be nasty and impose their will. Seattle was just better, as Washington was better than my Cowboys the week before
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Anyone who thinks New Orleans is the only team to institute a bounty program is a fool.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
Anyone who thinks New Orleans is the only team to institute a bounty program is a fool.
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I was not claiming New Orleans was the only one , but that doesn't make Seattle bounty hunters. Anyone playing RG3 or another hot QB in the playoffs will get physical, it is standard procedure.
 
Greg said:
I was not claiming New Orleans was the only one , but that doesn't make Seattle bounty hunters. Anyone playing RG3 or another hot QB in the playoffs will get physical, it is standard procedure.
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There's a difference between "physical" and a "cheap shot" which is why the hit that caused RGIII's leg to start acting up again resulted in a 15 yard personal foul penalty.

I'm simply saying that, if these plays (that were all too common this year) resulted in the team getting three shots at seven, the cheap shots would go away. A 15 yard penalty just isn't harsh enough and with the offenses evolving the way they are, it's almost worth it to give up 15 yards if you take out someone like an RG3 or a Russell Wilson.

The NFL, for a league that's so concerned with player safety, should do something to remove the goons -- and this would instantly change the way the goons play.

Having games three and four nights a week either -- especially in some cases where they have a team play on Monday Night and again on Thursday Night.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
I'm simply saying that, if these plays (that were all too common this year) resulted in the team getting three shots at seven, the cheap shots would go away. A 15 yard penalty just isn't harsh enough and with the offenses evolving the way they are, it's almost worth it to give up 15 yards if you take out someone like an RG3 or a Russell Wilson.
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In actuality, I don't see that taking cheap shots completely out of the game. The guys you mentioned certainly hurt their teams, but their teams still have a good chance of winning with the dropoff between them and their backup being much less than it would be in Green Bay, Denver or New England, for example, particularly in the case of Washington where Cousins is a very good QB. Can you imagine the Packers overcoming Aaron Rodgers being knocked out of the game or the Broncos with Peyton Manning? There is simply no way. No offense to the two guys you mentioned, but those two rookies have a long way to go to reach Manning, Rodgers or Brady. They're good and have high ceilings, but come on.

Even if it did result in the offense getting the ball at the 1 yard line do you think defensive players and coaches wouldn't still take every shot they could to get Manning, Rodgers or Brady out of the game? I certainly think they would take their chances, unless it was on the last drive or something.
 
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